The Razorback Greenway, a 36-mile stretch of trail that will eventually connect Fayetteville to Bentonville and pass through Johnson, Springdale, Lowell and Rogers, will take a big step toward completion tomorrow.
Ozarks At Large
A number of Arkansas doctors have spoken out against the medical marijuana issue to be decided next month by state voters, the new Arkansas Poll was released yesterday, and the Arkansas men's golf team finishes its fall season of play.
Ahead on Ozarks: Something for everybody today on the show. Why Alma could be called the knot tying capital of the world, why Newton County is a perfect setting for a new graphic novel, why the Old 78s made great music at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville and what a new poll from Talk Business and Hendrix College tells us about November 6th.Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, lists some of the Halloween events this week. Haunted houses, ballet, cemeteries, mayhem on a trolley and your chance to fire paintballs at the walking dead are all on the list.
Alma High School’s tech team is a four time national champion in the International Thespian Festival’s Tech Challenge. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas visited the Alma Performing Arts Center to meet with the team.
Roby Brock from TalkBusiness.net discusses the latest Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll. Governor Beebe’s favorable numbers are high, but his influence on state legislative races might be small.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a fundraiser to help Habitat for Humanity, and exploring the interaction between spirituality, and work life.Bryan and Terri Kinder write songs with and for younger listeners. Their latest CD is Halloween themed.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, a uniquely toned sculpture park in Eureka Springs, and Richard White with a look to the past to explain the present.
A musical sculpture garden is being installed on a public pocket park along North Main Street in Eureka Springs—the only one like it in the U.S. We visit with the sound designer and collaborative project planner.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, they aren't native to the United States. but Burmese pythons are presenting themselves as quite a problem in parts of the nation; we take a look at how they got here. Plus, after years of planning, an orchard begins to take roots in Fayetteville this afternoon, and students at an area junior high school prepare to put their knowledge and problem solving skills to the test on the statewide stage.
One Arkansas senator is pressing election officials to resolve issues with the state's voter ID law. Other legislators are pushing to prevent the state lottery commission from implementing video gambling games throughout the state. The FASTER Arkansas committee continues its push for changes in state law to allow public schools to connect to an existing, state-funded fiber optic network. And one Eureka Springs alderman is trying to move forward a decades-long debate on what to do about parking in that city's downtown area.
More than twenty Northwest Arkansas specialty shops sell electronic cigarettes, both disposable and rechargeable. The popular devices deliver a smooth warm nicotine-laced white vapor in variety strengths and flavors. We visit the Velvet Vapor in Rogers and also talk to an Arkansas Department of Health tobacco specialist about pending regulations and potential risks associated with “vaping.”
Our history doctor, Bill Smith, explains the relationship between politics and money is an American tradition.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, directs us to performance art and fireworks this weekend.
Jonathan Story sits down at the Mary Baker Rumsey Steinway.
